[Introduced January 8, 2014; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 7, chapter 64 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the
State Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating
to the withholding or denial of personal income tax refunds
from taxpayers who owe municipal or magistrate court costs.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article 7, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-7-1. State Tax Department.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 26,
2013, authorized under the authority of section two-c, article
three, chapter fifty of this code, modified by the State Tax
Department to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making
Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on November 26,
2013, relating to the State Tax Department (withholding or denial
of personal income tax refunds from taxpayers who owe municipal or
magistrate court costs, 110 CSR 40), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Tax
Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the
withholding or denial of personal income tax refunds from taxpayers
who owe municipal or magistrate court costs.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.